Bill Text: IL HR0412 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Channahon Park District Commissioner George A. McCoy on his retirement from the Channahon Park District on May 27, 2009.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2009-05-18 - Resolution Adopted [HR0412 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HR0412-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Channahon Park | ||||||
| 4 | District Commissioner George A. McCoy on his retirement from | ||||||
| 5 | the Channahon Park District on May 27, 2009; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, George McCoy was an elected Channahon Park | ||||||
| 7 | District Commissioner continuously from August 1971 to May | ||||||
| 8 | 2009, for over 38 years of elected service; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, He was one of the five first elected commissioners | ||||||
| 10 | when the Park District was formed in 1971 and is the last of | ||||||
| 11 | the original commissioners to still serve on the Board; he | ||||||
| 12 | served over 17 years as Park District Board President, and was | ||||||
| 13 | involved in every decision and accomplishment the park district | ||||||
| 14 | has ever had; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, He has watched the District grow from a single | ||||||
| 16 | leased park location to a park system that includes over 450 | ||||||
| 17 | acres of public open space at 22 locations, with nationally | ||||||
| 18 | recognized, award winning facilities in Heritage Bluffs Public | ||||||
| 19 | Golf Club and Heritage Crossing Field House, and a community | ||||||
| 20 | center facility, aquatic center, and indoor roller skating | ||||||
| 21 | rink; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, During his time of service the District has won | ||||||
| 2 | the National Gold Medal Grand Award as the top park and | ||||||
| 3 | recreation agency in the nation among communities under 25,000 | ||||||
| 4 | population;
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| 5 | WHEREAS, The District offers over 1,200 different | ||||||
| 6 | recreation programs and special events annually to the | ||||||
| 7 | community, now numbering 17,800 residents; the District | ||||||
| 8 | provides policy and budget oversight to an agency that grew | ||||||
| 9 | from one part-time staff person and an annual operating budget | ||||||
| 10 | of $34,500, to a staff of 24 full-time positions and over 300 | ||||||
| 11 | part-time and seasonal staff positions, with an operating | ||||||
| 12 | budget in excess of $4,450,000; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, He and his wife, Juanita, have three children, | ||||||
| 14 | Michelle, Denise, and George, and eleven grandchildren; | ||||||
| 15 | therefore, be it
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| 16 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 17 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 18 | congratulate George McCoy on his retirement and thank him for | ||||||
| 19 | his years of commitment and dedication to the Channahon Park | ||||||
| 20 | District; and be it further
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| 21 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 22 | presented to George A. McCoy as a symbol of our respect.
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